. 2018 Dec 19;180(3):213–221. doi: 10.1530/EJE-18-0854
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Baseline demographics of 199 children with biochemical androgen excess as defined by serum concentrations above the reference range for at least one of three measured androgens (DHEAS, androstenedione and testosterone).
| Total | Pre-pubertal | Pubertal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patients with ≥1 of 3 androgens increased | 199 | 140 (70.3%) | 59 (29.7%) |
| Age (years; median (Q1, Q3)) | 8.3 (6.8, 13.3) | 7.4 (4.6, 8.5) | 14.9 (13.4, 15.6) |
| Gender (%) | |||
| Girls | 141 (70.8) | 89 (63.6) | 52 (88.1) |
| Boys | 58 (29.2) | 51 (36.4) | 7 (11.9) |
| BMI (kg/m2; median (Q1, Q3)) | 19.5 (16.4, 25.1) | 17.9 (15.9, 22.0) | 26.8 (19.8, 31.0) |
| BMI SDS (median (Q1, Q3)) | 1.35 (0.2, 2.6) | 1.26 (−0.1, 2.5) | 1.88 (0.6, 2.7) |
| Ethnicity* (%) | |||
| Caucasian | 91 (44.2) | 64 (44.2) | 27 (44.2) |
| South Asian | 76 (38.7) | 50 (36.9) | 26 (44.1) |
| Afro-Caribbean | 16 (8.0) | 13 (9.4) | 3 (4.9) |
| Mixed background | 3 (1.5) | 2 (1.5) | 1 (1.6) |
| Other | 1 (0.5) | 0 | 1 (1.6) |
| Unknown | 13 (6.5) | 11 (7.2) | 3 (4.9) |
United Kingdom Census 2011, Office for National Statistics (15).
*Ethnicity distribution pattern in the Birmingham area is: Caucasian 58.0%, Asian 26.6% (South Asians 22.5%, other Asians 4.08%), Afro-Caribbean 9.0%, mixed 4.4% and other 2.0%.